Budget News

May 16, 2017

Residents approve 2017-18 school budget

On Tuesday, May 16 BH-BL residents approved the 2017-18 school budget by a vote of 1,094 to 323 with a margin of 77 percent. Residents also approved the proposition to reauthorize an ex officio student board member by a vote of 1,175 to 227. All three board candidates who ran unopposed were elected to the board: Peter Sawyer (1,152 votes), John Blowers (1,060 votes) and Don Marshall (1,127 votes.) Thank you for voting!

April 13, 2017

Board approves 2017-18 budget proposal

Budget Hearing May 2 and Budget Vote May 16

At its April 11 meeting, the BH-BL Board of Education approved the 2017-18 budget proposal that will go before voters on Tuesday, May 16. The proposed budget of $65.4 million carries a tax levy increase of 1.96 percent (which is below the tax cap) and an estimated tax rate increase of 1.58 percent. The proposal would maintain programs and staff, support the expansion of the district's Chromebook laptop computer initiative to include the high school (where students are assigned their own Chromebook laptop to use throughout the school year), add two sections of kindergarten to address the increased kindergarten enrollment, and include a new middle school schedule. A detailed budget newsletter will be mailed to residents in early May. [BUDGET INFORMATION]

January 10, 2017

2017-18 School Budget Development Calendar

School officials and the board have begun work on the 2017-18 school budget. The first order of business was the approval and adopion of the budget context, objectives and development calendar. The board uses this as a guide when building the budget, which goes before voters Tuesday, May 16. [DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR]

August 24, 2016

BH-BL’s average tax rate of 0.15% comes in much lower than expected

At its August meeting, the Board of Education adopted the 2016-17 property tax rates for the BH-BL school district. The weighted average tax rate increase is 0.15 percent, which is lower than the estimated 0.65 percent tax rate increase that had been predicted in May during the school budget vote. [FULL STORY]

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Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

Honorable Carl Heastie
Speaker
New York State Assembly
Legislative Office Building, Room 932
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-4800
Fax: 518-455-5459

James Tedisco
Senator
Legislative Office Building, Room 803
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: (518) 455-2181
Fax: (518) 426-8621
Email: tedisco@nysenate.gov

Mary Beth Walsh
Assemblywoman
Legislative Office Building, Room 725
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-5772
Email: walshm@nyassembly.gov